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January 31, 2011

UPDATE: Storm causes closing plans

Local schools, colleges to be closed Thursday

EDMOND — The following have announced weather-related closings for Thursday:

Edmond Public Schools will be closed today and all activities are canceled.

Deer Creek Public Schools will be closed today and all activities are cancelled.

The University of Central Oklahoma will be closed on Thursday.

Oklahoma Christian University will be closed today and all classes are canceled. OC will open at 8 a.m. Friday.

City of Edmond offices will remain be open today.

Edmond Electric reports zero power outages at this time. For the latest information on Edmond Electric power outages, visit the homepage of www.edmondok.com to view the Outage Management System map for up-to-date power outage areas within the Edmond city limits.

Citylink bus service will be back in service today.

Trash collection will resume today. Tuesday’s missed collection will be picked up Saturday and Wednesday’s collection will be picked up Sunday.

MORE CLOSINGS will be added throughout the day as we receive them. If you have a closing notification, please e-mail it to news@edmondsun.com or lshearer@edmondsun.com.

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